MadeIn - Long March Gallery photo by Selva Barni

Nari Ward - Galleria Continua photo by Selva Barni

Ruud Van Empel - Gallery Terra Tokyo photo by Selva Barni

Yang Yongliang - 18Gallery photo by Selva Barni

The fourth edition of modern art fair SH Contemporary 2010was
inaugurated on 9th September at Shanghai Exhibition
Centre, in downtown Shanghai. Featuring 83
Galleries from Asia and the rest of the world, the fair is
definitely a key event in the calendar of Asian contemporary art's
professionals as it displays under one roof the works of emerging,
young artists as well as those of well-established
ones.

Starring in the Discoveries section is
Re-Value, an exhibition curated by Mami Kataoka, Manray
Hsu and Colin Chinnery, who organized the current edition,
and which shows the works of the 23 selected artists,
almost all from Asia, exploring the concept of "value" in art. They
are definitely worth seeing Chinese artist, You Si's paintings and
Father, a series of photos by Japanese artist, Shingo
Kanagawa. Equally fascinating are the project by Zhao Bandi who
encouraged more than 10.000 children to create something
using the panda as inspiration and Zhao Yao's exhibition
of coins -"erased" and "re-mould"- using the steel from an Anselm
Kiefer's installation.

First day's event was a long and very interesting conference
entitled Collecting Asian Contemporary Art: What, When and
How?, organized by art critic and curator Hou Hanru and
hosting very well-known speakers such as: Kathy
Halbreich, MoMa's Deputy Director from New York,
Wang Huannsheng, the Director of CAFA Museum from
Beijing, Raiji Kuroda, curator of the very
interesting, asian art Fukuoka Museum from Japan, Frances
Morris, Head of Collections (International Art) at Tate
Modern, Tan Boon Hui, Director of the Singapore
Art Museum and Swiss, Uli Sigg, pioneer and of the
major Asian art collectors in the world.

The day ended with a dinner party at "Mint", a very
stylish club popular among locals and "expats" alike, with
breathtaking views over the city and a 17-metre shark aquarium
attended by all the art collectors who gathered at SH
Contemporary.